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Photographs from First Run Theatre's Ninth Season. Click HERE for biographies of our playwrights. Click HERE for an archive of our previous seasons.

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Divine's Grace
A one-act play by Richard La Violette

Rev. Dr. Robert H. Locksley (Austin Pierce) declares his love for Lady Mary Debonnair (Rachel Visocan) and proposes marriage. She loves him but a dark secret forces her to turn him down.


Lady Mary is being blackmailed by Mr. Guy Lackland (Joe O'Connor). He has letters and a document about her past indiscretion.


The documents are retrieved and given to Lady Mary as she happily accepts Rev. Lockesly's proposal.


Later Locksley is joined by her mother Lady Jane Debonnair (Gwynneth Rausch) and his verger Reynald Greenleaf Littlejohn (David Hawley). They are determined to get to the bottom of reason for Lady Mary's refusal.


Lockesly and Littlejohn search Lacklands library for the hidden cache of documents as Lady Jane interrupts them.

The Kerpash Affair
A one-act play by Richard La Violette


Jerome Kerpash (Gerry Love) a wall street swindler is kidnapped by two unknown men the night before his trail.


Lt. Fitzsimmons later questions Kerpash's mistress Helen Redstone (Connie Mulch).


The Kidnappers offer Kerpash a deal to purchase his freedom.


Fitzsimmons and his son Sean (Timothy Callahan) will enjoy their retirement in Costa Rico.


Detectives Fitzsimmons (Kirk Sayles) and Blanchard (Mary Robert) are assigned to investigate. They interview Kerpash's wife Miriam (Kay Love) as she announces she is divorcing him.


Fitzsimmons and Blanchard discuss the case with FBI Special Agent Lewis (Don McClendon) and District Attorney Robert Cotter (Tom Moore). It seems no one wants to ransom Kerpash.


Kerpash and Helen enjoy their retirement in Paraguay.

Spectrum 2011
Woman on My Mind
A short play by Jim Greer


A Man (Brian Maynard) has to watch what he is thinking because women( Hilary Gokenbach, Sofia Murillo) keep appearing.

Lost or Found
A short play by Joel Litman


Someone who has lost something (Sofia Murillo) is looking for the love of her life from Found (Mary Saputo) and Lost (Brad Slavik)

Lessons from the Family
A short play by Jöel Henning Doty


A newly married couple Kate (Tasha Zebrowski) and Eric (Johnny Pipitone) enjoy their honeymoon until…


her parents (Mary Saputo and Lee Cox) and…


his parents (Brad Slavik and Linda Levy Clarke) start intruding on their minds.

58 & 59
A short play by Matt Fotis


Two pages in a book 58 (Tasha Zebrowski) and 59 (Johnny Pipitone) hoped to be picked up and read, but find love instead.

Family Album
A short play by Cody Tucker


God(frey) (Lee J, Cox) uses his daughter Birch's troubled life as inspiration for his novels until she (Tasha Zebrowski) confronts him with a demanding choice which he twists to another plot.

The Buffalo
A short play by Steven Clark


Able, a deceased soldier (Michael Beal) is followed back to Leavenworth Cemetery by an Iraqi woman (Shahnaz Ahmed) who wants to see Indians.


They argue as his brother Brent (Brian Maynard) and Sister-in-law Alma (Nancy Fox) search for his grave.

The Body Exchange
A short play by Mario Farwell


Hiram Dove (Brad Slavik) a very rich old and ill man goes to see Eliot (Michael Beal) of New Life Horizon to be transferred into a new clone body.


He choses the QZ700 (Brian Maynard), but as he talks to him decides to be his guardian and mentor instead.

Naughty Boy Naughty Girl, You Make My World Unfurl
A short play by Mario Farwell


Two strangers Judah (Brian Maynard) and Dorothea (Hilary Gokenbach) meet on a stalled subway and find they have some bizarre things in common.

Behind The Chair
A two-act play by Jason Slavik


Beauty First is a salon in a strip mall. Old Lady Customer (Judy Yordon) shares her reading material with stylist Natasha (NoreenAnn Moore) as stylist Miss Olivia (Karon Majeel) looks on in amazement.


Laura (Estee Schwartz) announces to the salons personnel, Allysandra (Thasaja Stewart), Maple, Natasha, Miss Olivia, Dorian (Antonio St. James), and Mel that their chain has been bought out by Legion Salons. Their favorite customer Mrs. Ives (Fran Jackson) contemplates the change while siting in the chair.


The staff discovers that one of the customers (Marissa Roman) has brought her small yappy dog, who prefers their company.


In an attempt to disrupt the shop Legion administers a lie detector to the personnel starting with Dorian. The Tech (Brad Kinzel) is astonished that Dorian doesn't even register.


A customer (Brad Kinzel) shows his appreciation to Natasha for his hair cut as Maple (Courtney La Chance) and Melanie (Dana Sims) looks on.


The new signs are up. The new dress code is enforced and Miss Olivia, Dorian, and Mel met the new overlord… district manager Ms Cain (Judy Yordon).


Maple and Miss Olivia attempt to exorcise the troubling salon computer system, the LU-CIPHER 9000 (Brad Slavik), who laughs at them demonically in Latin.


With help from Mrs Ives the salon staff take control of their fate (and the Salon) and bid good bye to Ms Ives and the traitorous Mel.

 

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